I must get a neurotic 10 year old GSD from going into one of our bedrooms where, for some reason... after living in this house for 10 YEARS... he has decided to establish a latrine.
First the room... I'm ripping out the carpet and putting in laminate. But he loves to make the bedskirt his major target. So I fear the room will continue to be his loo of preference.
The best solution, naturally, is that I catch him in the act and "explain" to him that this behavior is not acceptable. Here's the problem...he is the most cunning and perverse dog I've ever known. I have been unable to catch him. None of our dogs are ever in the house on their own. If we're asleep, they're in crates. When we're not home, they're in a run. So somehow he's doing this when our backs are turned.
Second best solution... keep the door shut. He opens the door. I'm not kidding. He's been an escape artist his whole life. The pro's that have boarded him are stunned at how he figures out kennel key's and pops his runs' doors. I'm serious as a heart attack. He opens the d*mn door.
OK. That's the problem. What is the solution? He is collar conditioned (He had rigorous "behavioral therapy" when he was a YOUNG neurotic dog and eating rocks resulting in two abdominal laparotomies.) I have a state of the art Tri-Tronics. But somehow this aspect of dog training is not in the owner's manual. Once the laminate is down... what process do I use to make the room poison to him?
Please help me... and please be kind. I'm beside myself. I've never had this happen in the 41 years I've owned dogs.
First the room... I'm ripping out the carpet and putting in laminate. But he loves to make the bedskirt his major target. So I fear the room will continue to be his loo of preference.
The best solution, naturally, is that I catch him in the act and "explain" to him that this behavior is not acceptable. Here's the problem...he is the most cunning and perverse dog I've ever known. I have been unable to catch him. None of our dogs are ever in the house on their own. If we're asleep, they're in crates. When we're not home, they're in a run. So somehow he's doing this when our backs are turned.
Second best solution... keep the door shut. He opens the door. I'm not kidding. He's been an escape artist his whole life. The pro's that have boarded him are stunned at how he figures out kennel key's and pops his runs' doors. I'm serious as a heart attack. He opens the d*mn door.
OK. That's the problem. What is the solution? He is collar conditioned (He had rigorous "behavioral therapy" when he was a YOUNG neurotic dog and eating rocks resulting in two abdominal laparotomies.) I have a state of the art Tri-Tronics. But somehow this aspect of dog training is not in the owner's manual. Once the laminate is down... what process do I use to make the room poison to him?
Please help me... and please be kind. I'm beside myself. I've never had this happen in the 41 years I've owned dogs.
